president obama for a regularly scheduled meeting where you discuss the attack at benghazi that happened about one hour in 20 minutes earlier. you said the total meeting lasted roughly 30 minutes. how much of the meeting would you estimate covered benghazi? >> when we walk into the oval office. i would say the first 15 or 20 minutes was spent on the concern about that. as well as cairo and what might happen there. >> after that 50 or 20 minute discussion of benghazi, neither of you had any subsequent conversations with the president the rest of that day? >> we continued to top some other issues that we were dealing with at the time. once that concluded we both went back to the pentagon and immediately i ordered the deployment of these forces. >> in between 9:42 p.m. benghazi time when the first attack started at 5:00 p.m. when they lost their lives, what conversations it either of you have was secretary clinton/ -- would secretary clinton? >> would not have any conversations with secretary clinton. >> is the same trooper you -- true for you? my time is expired. senator we ask you about s